Press Release-II-06-025, NRC Chairman to Visit Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant April 21

Press Release-II-06-025: NRC Chairman to Visit Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant April 21

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Site:	Turkey Point
Issue date:	04/17/2006
From:	Office of Public Affairs Region II
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NRC NEWS UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, REGION II 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta GA 30303 Web Site: www.nrc.gov No. II-06-025 April 17, 2006 CONTACT: Ken Clark (404)562-4416 E-mail: OPA2@nrc.gov Roger Hannah (404)562-4417 MEDIA ADVISORY NRC CHAIRMAN TO VISIT TURKEY POINT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT APRIL 21 Press Conference Scheduled At Site At 11:00 The Chairman of the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Dr. Nils J. Diaz, is scheduled to visit the Turkey Point nuclear power plant, operated by Florida Power & Light Company near Homestead, Florida, on Friday, April 21 to tour the site and to discuss regulatory oversight at the facility with company officials. He will hold a press conference for interested news media representatives at the plant site from 11:00 to 11:40 a.m.

Chairman Diaz has been a strong advocate of making sound regulatory decisions while communicating those decisions in a clear manner to the public and has played a leadership role in security issues affecting NRC licensees.

Before his NRC appointment, Dr. Diaz was Professor of Nuclear Engineering Sciences at the University of Florida and served as director of a national consortium of industries, universities and national laboratories involved with nuclear power in space. He also served as Associate Dean for Research at the California State University in Long Beach and was at one time Principal Advisor to Spains Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

He holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Nuclear Engineering Sciences from the University of Florida and a B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Villanova, Havana, Cuba.

EDITORS: News personnel planning to attend the press conference at the plant should plan to arrive at least 45 minutes prior to 11:00 a.m. in order to clear required security. Please notify NRC public affairs officers Ken Clark (404) 562-4416 or Roger Hannah (404) 562-4417 if you plan to attend. Take the Florida Turnpike south to its last exit at Florida City, turn left at the traffic light onto Palm Drive and follow that road to the plant.